What’s on guide to the Students’ Union – Plymouth

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Happy New Year peeps!!
Is it just me or did the holidays go far too quickly? To ease you back into the new academic term we at upsu:ents have organised a fantastic programme of events – see below for what’s coming up this week and check out our myspace for details on the rest of the month. We also have a sparkly new ticket box office so take a look and get your tickets for all our upcoming shows before they sell out! Please note: We will now be using the old nightclub entrance for Wonkeylegs (Mondays 10-2) and our Friday & Saturday Nightclubs, which are now open till 3am! The Main entrance will shut on Fri & Sat at 7pm and after that only the old nightclub entrance will be open. Refreshers Fair!!
Back from all the festive fun of the holidays we are holding a Refreshers Fair in the Students’ Union, with lots of freebies and competitions to get you geared up for the term ahead. We have local and national companies joining us on Monday 8th January, Tuesday 9th January and Wednesday 10th January… so come join us and get your exclusive student offers!Tickets are now available for:

Tuesday 16th January
The Architects
Tickets £6 in advance
Architects, hailing from
Brighton, were formed in the beginning of 2004 with a shared passion for anything metal. Drawing influences from bands such as Ion Dissonance, Botch, Decapitated and Deftones their music is designed to shave you a new face and leave you crying out for more.
Architects are undeniably unique, be sure you don’t miss out.Thursday 25th January
Mr Scruff
Tickets £10 in advance
Mr Scruff’s Keep It Unreal nights cover a large range of genres and moods, all tied together with his sheer love of great music as well as supreme but unflashy DJ skills, and form an opportunity for the you to completely enter the Scruff world. 

Saturday 3rd February
Goldie presents ‘Rufige Kru’
Tickets £7.50 in advance or £10 on the door
‘One of D’n'B’s most famous figures, establishing the infamous Metalheadz, gaining an acting role as a dodgy gangster in the TV show ‘EastEnders’ and was also a participant in the celebrity version of the reality show ‘Big Brother’. Wednesday 7th February
Capdown
Tickets £8 in advance
“CAPDOWN prove the second acceptable face of trombones of the day – what is the world coming to? Given a hero’s welcome, their political yet skank-happy ska-punk is a legal high. Their audience spill out towards the burger vans, climbing up the tents and dancing like their lives depend on it. They leave the tent spent and sweaty” – KERRANG! – KKKKK
Reading Festival review, 09 Sep 2006  Sunday 25th February
Reuben
Tickets £7 in advance
Reuben have received massive support from MTV2, play from leading edge DJs like Steve Lamacq, Colin Murray and Zane Lowe and great reviews from magazines like Kerrang!, NME, Rock Sound and Metal Hammer.Tickets are available from www.upsu.com What’s on

Fri 5th	BURN Entry Nightclub with DJ Matt-Tastic! and DJ Tony. Free b4 10pm, only £1 after. Open till 3am!
Sat 6th	Big Screen Sports,12.30pm Tamworth v Norwich City 5.15pm Liverpool v Arsenal Hair of the Reindeer Party ! – DJ Funkylunch playing cheese to ease you back into the academic year. Free b4 10pm, only £1 after. Open till 3am!
Sun 7th	Big Screen Sports, 2pm Manchester United v Aston Villa 4pm Cardiff City v Tottenham Hotspur
Mon 8th	Big Screen Sports, 17:30hrs FA Cup 1st Round Replay 8pm – Illusion – Open Mic Night Everyone welcome – full drum kit and backline Ignition – VEGAS – The fantastic Bar Roulette Game. WONKEYLEGS Launch Party! The favourite hip hop, drum n bass, and breakbeat night is now at upsu: With Plymouth’s 14th best DJ – Aldo Vanucci. 10pm-3am, £1 NUS Extra, £2 NUS, £3 others.
Tues 9th	Ignition – 7.45pm – Liverpool v Arsenal Illusion: Playstatin Tournament – Pro Evolution Soccer , register from 7.30pm £1 per person. Overall winner gets cash prize! Club: Varsity – check out the new inside! Varsity has a make-over.
Wed 10th	19:45 – Wycombe Wanderers v Chelsea Illusion – Football Club Social Follow On Club: C103 - The Legend Continues
Thurs 11th	Bar Footsie on the Screens Look out for market crashes Ignition– DJ Sharpeye Illusion: 20:00hrs – Singstar Karaoke Night – Bottle of Bubbly for best singer.

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

UPSU would like to wish all its members a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year.

See us in January for these great events:

ReFreshers Fair – 8/9/10th January in the Plymouth Students’ Union

WONKEY LEGS – Every Monday starting the 8th January

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CIDER FESTIVAL – Monday, 27th November 2006

Join us for the Great UPSU Cider Festival – all day in the Students’ Union, Plymouth campus.

Choose from a wide selcetion of all your favourites whilst you enjoy the MANGLED WURZELS.

 So get out yer Wellies, stick some straw in yer gob and walk around all day saying “ooh arrr”

 Don’t miss it!

 Follow on in the evening to Walkbout to carry on the Festival and get to ride a horse (well a bucking bronco actually!)

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING NEXT SUMMER?

WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING NEXT SUMMER?

Nothing Sorted?    Fancy a Change of Scenery?    Seeking Adventure?

On Tuesday 21st November at 5pm in Davy Building Room 220 -  Plymouth University, Dr Tim Coles from the field research organisation Operation Wallacea will be giving a presentation about the opportunities available for students next summer in Honduras, South East Sulawesi, Indonesia, Egypt, South Africa and Cuba.  Also, for the first time in 2007 projects will be available in Peru.

Opportunities include:

• Learning to dive on an uninhabited tropical island with world class coral reefs
• Jungle trekking in pristine unsurveyed rainforests, seeking out species new to science
• Working on sustainable community development projects with the Bajo sea gypsies (Indonesia)
• Monitoring Turtle nesting and behavioural patterns (Cuba)
• Surveying birds and reptiles at a World Heritage Site (Egypt)

There are over 40 projects available for general volunteers and over 80 individual research projects.  Many of these projects are suitable for final year dissertations with over 60% of our dissertation students getting Firsts for their field projects.   So come along to the talk and hear more about what this exciting project has to offer.

Further details can be found at our web site www.opwall.com

Talk and presentation by the producers of the BBC Planet Earth series at Plymouth

Talk and presentation to be given by Mark Brownlow and Huw Cordey, producers of the BBC Planet Earth series, Thursday 30 November 2006
 
* Tickets now on sale from Peninsula Arts *

Are you mesmerised by the breadth and scale of the current television series, Planet Earth? Do you want to have the opportunity to hear the producers talk about the programme and the making of the series?

Peninsula Arts have arranged for the series producers to come and give a talk on 30 November.  There will also be an opportunity to buy signed copies of the Planet Earth book at a discounted price.

Details are as follows -

Thursday 30 November

7pm

Robins Lecture Theatre

University of Plymouth

Admission £3 

Tickets available from Peninsula Arts

Tel: 01752 238684

or pen_arts_enqs@plymouth.ac.uk

Fed up with something at Uni? Have your say at – The Plymouth Mass Debate

The Plymouth Mass Debate

Monday 16th October 6pm-8pm Ignition

Fed up with all the building work on campus?
 

Unhappy with the food available in the canteen?
Are you in debt because you are a University student?
 

If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then come along to discuss these and any other issues that need addressing on this campus.  Debate, plan and question what your Students’ Union is doing for you!
 

Please submit all motions to president@upsu.com by Thursday12th October 4pm.

ENGLAND V HUNGARY – WATCH IT LIVE IN THE PLYMOUTH UNION K.O. 8.05PM

Jamie Carragher is likely to be deployed in a holding midfield role for England's friendly with Hungary on Tuesday.

Widespread reports suggest the Liverpool defender will be given the chance to stake a claim for a World Cup starting berth in the match at Old Trafford.

England coach Sven Goran Eriksson has revealed his intention to field his strongest team available against the Hungarians, with a view to the same XI kicking off the World Cup campaign against Paraguay on June 10.

With Wayne Rooney still recovering from a foot injury, it appears likely Eriksson will opt to play Michael Owen as a lone striker, rather than in tandem with Peter Crouch.

Owen has overcome a minor injury scare to take his place against Hungary, with former Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard due to provide the key support.

But in the midfield anchor role, Eriksson is tipped to spring a surprise by naming Carragher as the man to shield the defence.

Tottenham's Michael Carrick appeared to be the obvious choice for the role, but Eriksson is leaning towards the selection of Carragher.

Though Carragher has occasionally operated in that position, in more recent seasons he has become a bedrock of the Liverpool defence, establishing himself as one of the most reliable centre halves in Europe.

With Carragher in midfield, the back four is due to comprise Gary Neville, Rio Ferdinand, John Terry and Ashley Cole, with Paul Robinson in goal.

Gerrard's role in linking up with Owen will leave captain David Beckham, Frank Lampard and Joe Cole filling the remaining midfield places.

Eriksson will doubtless ring the changes during the second half and Theo Walcott could become England's youngest-ever cap if he comes on as a substitute.

Aaron Lennon will also be hoping to get a chance to shine after impressing during the England B side's defeat to Belarus last Thursday.

For Hungary, there are likely to be two English-based players on show in Gabor Kiraly and Zoltan Gera.

Crystal Palace's Kiraly is due to start in goal, while West Brom schemer Gera is expected to play in behind lone striker Imre Szabics.

IMPRO: a series of completely improvised performances in the Students’ Union – Showing 8th May

IMPRO: a series of completely improvised performances in the Students' Union where the audience control the show. This very funny project is the subject for the work of Rhys Thomas who is currently doing a "Practice as Research" dissertation for his final year in Theatre and Performance. These shows have been very popular in Exmouth and are a recomended watch!

IMPRO will be shown across the Plymouth campus via the Students' Union screens on Tuesday 9th May

Varsity – football

The final show-down between the university and our closest rival, Marjon, takes place Wednesday 22nd March. The football matches will be played at Parkway FC and if you want to support your uni then catch a free shuttle from outside the Museum on North Hill from 4.30pm. Space is limited so be early.

For more information click here.